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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/inter-facility-infection.html
April 01, 2022 - Infection Control Transfer Form
This example inter-facility infection control patient transfer form can assist
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/competency.html
May 01, 2021 - Audit (PDF, 476 KB)
This resource, designed by AHRQ, supports the use of observational audits which assist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/team-roster.docx
March 01, 2017 - .
· Assist in developing, implementing, and/or monitoring infection control strategies.
· Serve as the … and other staff to stop procedures if protocols are not being followed.
· Identify practical ways to assist … to goals and interventions.
· Educate peers formally and by modeling.
· Identify practical ways to assist … in standardizing indwelling urinary catheter maintenance and care.
· Identify practical ways to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/5steps.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The five major steps
to intervention are the “5 A’s”: Ask,
Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange. … ASSIST
For the patient willing to make a
quit attempt, use counseling and
pharmacotherapy to help him
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-resources-help-quit.pptx
June 02, 2025 - The five A’s – Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange – offer clinicians a simple, proven approach. … While clinicians have been improving on the Ask & Advise steps, clinicians struggle with the “Assist” … of a protocol
7
Tobacco Treatment Protocol
Flow chart for brief intervention
Steps to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/responding-coronavirus.html
May 01, 2022 - Resource: Responding to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes
This guidance is intended to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a1a_pdi_pdifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Use of a composite can assist consumers in selecting hospitals,
assist clinicians in allocating resources … , and assist payers in assessing performance; especially in
the presence of competing priorities or … provides free software—in both SAS® and Windows—for organizations to apply the
PDIs to their own data to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1c_combo_pdifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Use of a composite can assist consumers in selecting hospitals, assist
clinicians in allocating resources … , and assist payers in assessing performance; especially in the
presence of competing priorities or … provides free software—in both SAS® and Windows—for organizations to apply the PDIs
to their own data to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/building-community/practice-facilitation.html
December 01, 2023 - To assist practice facilitators in gaining critical skills, AHRQ has developed interactive training
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1_combo_intro.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Assessing Readiness To Change
Section A helps board members and staff better understand the AHRQ QIs and assist … Prioritization Worksheet and
Instructions
Includes Excel spreadsheet to assist in prioritizing selection … Project Evaluation and Debriefing Includes a tool to assist in evaluating the implementation
process … Monitoring Progress for
Sustainable Improvement
Includes a tool to assist with planning for ongoing
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide178.html
October 01, 2014 - Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness of clinician training on rates of providing treatment ("Assist")
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide57.html
October 01, 2014 - If the patient is willing to quit, assist with quitting, chapters 3A and 4, then arrange followup, chapter … For patients now willing to quit, assist with quitting, chapters 3A and 4, then arrange followup, chapter
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide176.html
October 01, 2014 - Recommendation: All clinicians and clinicians-in-training should be trained in effective strategies to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide181.html
October 01, 2014 - Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness of training combined with charting on providing materials ("Assist
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide182.html
October 01, 2014 - Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness of training combined with charting on providing materials ("Assist
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide180.html
October 01, 2014 - Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness of training combined with charting on setting a quit date ("Assist
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide38.html
October 01, 2014 - Effectiveness of training combined with charting on setting a quit date ("Assist") (n = 2 studies)
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/smoking.html
March 01, 2021 - health benefits of quitting smoking, and the effectiveness of behavioral counseling and medications to assist … smoking and the benefits of quitting, and reviews 5 A’s for treating tobacco use (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist … This fact sheet for patients reviews and refutes common myths about nicotine replacement therapy to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1b_combo_psifactsheet.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Use of a composite can assist consumers in selecting hospitals,
assist clinicians in allocating resources … , and assist payers in assessing performance; especially in
the presence of competing priorities or … provides free software—in both SAS® and Windows—for organizations to apply the PSIs
to their own data to assist
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking/pcor.html
August 01, 2018 - health benefits of quitting smoking, and the effectiveness of behavioral counseling and medications to assist